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HIV Under Castro
A look at the country’s highly successful and ethically complicated relationship with the virus.
The Family of the CIA Operative Released in US-Cuba Prisoner Swap Has No Idea Where He Is
Rolando Sarraff Trujillo, a Cuban citizen, spent 20 years in jail for providing intelligence to the CIA. His ordeal was a last vestige of the Cold War between the US and Cuba.
Cuba's Young, Salsa-Dancing Male Hustlers Are Going to Be Seducing a Lot More Rich Americans
Now that the US and Cuba are friends again, Havana's "jineteros" are going to be hip-deep in American women.
Cuban Cockfights Are Bloody and Violent and Stinky
We found our seats among the rusted steal poles that wrapped around the arena. Then we sat back hoping to cash in as two cocks ferociously clawed each other to death. If we won, we’d earn roughly 20 cents—a fair day’s wage for a country with an average...
The Future of Our Gay Neighborhoods
We asked a sociologist about the evolution of places like London's Soho and San Francisco's Castro district, and why gay people tend to bunch together in the first place.
Santería Is Cuba's New Favorite Religion
After its centuries of underground existence, Santería is becoming an open practice, with participation coming from all levels of society. Representing a shared identity, Santería is a cultural inheritance, a dynamic form of worship, a religion...
Rumors of Cuban Forces in Venezuela Are Greatly Exaggerated
Reports of Cuban forces meddling in Venezuela may be untrue — or they may simply be premature, considering what Cuba stands to lose.
Elena Maria Garcia Is Sick of People Asking if She Speaks Mexican
For this week's Mahal, I spoke to the Cuban American comedian Elena Maria Garcia about her new one-man show, Do You Speak Mexican?, about her experiences as a first generation American in South Florida.
What a World Without Hugo Chavez Looks Like
Hugo Chavez, the charismatic Venezuelan president, succumbed to his two-year bout with cancer on Tuesday, pushing the Latin American country into a new state of limbo. As the whole world watches, Venezuela now begins its inevitable transition to a post...